Additional church details

This information is for SD6820503545, St Phillip, Atherton, Church of England.

When was the church founded?

The icon for founding date appears even if we have an approximate date that needs refining.
The current value that we have is1914.

This is not a question that is always easy to answer. What we want is the year in which
useful events, e.g. baptisms, marriages and burials started, and this may be earlier than
the oldest record that survives today. But we can put in useful values, as it is bound to be
before the date of the oldest register. If the building was erected by this denomination
then the date will be before that. Similarly if it is found on map or in a directory
that is another way of extending the date backwards.

If they have moved locations then for this entry the date required is the year they moved
to this location. A comment on the next screen as to why you have chosen a particular year would be useful.